RugbyIs one of the most popular sports in Australia. The great majority of Australians calls Rugby "Footy". Rugby has the same importance for an Australian as Soccer has for a Brazilian.
CricketIs maybe the second most popular and practiced sport, with long and endless departures being broadcast at the weekends. Australian youths practice it during school breaks, and it is also very common to see whole families playing in parks and on beaches.
GolfIs the third most practiced sport.There are several clubs to be associated with, and they also accept paying players. Those clubs are true companies, with inside stores offering all gear and materials for players, besides specific areas for training or game. Golf in Australia is practiced by people of all social classes.
Soccer
Is a secondary sport in Australia, but, maybe for the fact of never having won any championships, it never elevated to a category of larger popularity, as it is the case of Rugby.
RowingIs very popular and is practiced using different types of modern carbon fiber boats with different styles and sizes. On the Gold Coast canals and in some other Australian cities with this kind of canals, it is possible to see rowing being practiced by all age groups and gender.
SailingIs a sport which is not practiced much, compared to other nautical sports. The financial situation, though, allows most of the population to practice it, but motor boats have absolute popular preference. Even so, there are some cities where sailing is quite significant such as is the case of Sydney, Melbourne and in the Whitsunday's Islands.
CyclingIs another sport that captures the attention of the Australians and it is practiced everywhere. The amount of people practicing it is quite big, and it is difficult not to see cyclists, individually or in groups of up to 200 at the same time, cycling around . It is practiced by both sexes and by people of all ages.
Martial ArtsAre quite practiced and there are several academies with all styles of fights, including the Capoeira of Brazil. The popularity of those academies has increased lately in response to the search for professionals able to perform personal defense in day by day work, such as in government departments, Immigration, police, and private security of commercial establishments. However, it is not very published neither on TV nor in the newspapers.
BowlsIs a game whose objective is to position a ball-thrown from some meters away- as close as possible to a white smaller ball . Bowling is practiced by an enormous amount of people in dispersed clubs . This game is one of the favorite pastimes of retired people, and everyday they gather in the clubs in the morning for practicing.
Volley Ball and Basket BallAre other games very little practiced by the Australians, whereas in schools they prefer to practice Netball( especially girls). In Sydney, there are volleyball nets on the Beaches of Bondi & Manly; even so, the game doesn't attract a lot of attention, except during international championships.
SwimmingOn the other hand, is largely practiced and very popular. It is generally organized in Clubs (life saving and sports clubs), and the main important reason for its increase in popularity in the last years, is the world championships which Australians have won and several world records which have been broken.
AUSTRALIAN SPORTS
RugbyIs one of the most popular sports in Australia. The great majority of Australians calls Rugby "Footy". Rugby has the same importance for an Australian as Soccer has for a Brazilian.
CricketIs maybe the second most popular and practiced sport, with long and endless departures being broadcast at the weekends. Australian youths practice it during school breaks, and it is also very common to see whole families playing in parks and on beaches.
Golf Is the third most practiced sport.There are several clubs to be associated with, and they also accept paying players. Those clubs are true companies, with inside stores offering all gear and materials for players, besides specific areas for training or game. Golf in Australia is practiced by people of all social classes.
Soccer
Is a secondary sport in Australia, but, maybe for the fact of never having won any championships, it never elevated to a category of larger popularity, as it is the case of Rugby.
RowingIs very popular and is practiced using different types of modern carbon fiber boats with different styles and sizes. On the Gold Coast canals and in some other Australian cities with this kind of canals, it is possible to see rowing being practiced by all age groups and gender.
SailingIs a sport which is not practiced much, compared to other nautical sports. The financial situation, though, allows most of the population to practice it, but motor boats have absolute popular preference. Even so, there are some cities where sailing is quite significant such as is the case of Sydney, Melbourne and in the Whitsunday's Islands.
CyclingIs another sport that captures the attention of the Australians and it is practiced everywhere. The amount of people practicing it is quite big, and it is difficult not to see cyclists, individually or in groups of up to 200 at the same time, cycling around . It is practiced by both sexes and by people of all ages.
Martial ArtsAre quite practiced and there are several academies with all styles of fights, including the Capoeira of Brazil. The popularity of those academies has increased lately in response to the search for professionals able to perform personal defense in day by day work, such as in government departments, Immigration, police, and private security of commercial establishments. However, it is not very published neither on TV nor in the newspapers.
BowlsIs a game whose objective is to position a ball-thrown from some meters away- as close as possible to a white smaller ball . Bowling is practiced by an enormous amount of people in dispersed clubs . This game is one of the favorite pastimes of retired people, and everyday they gather in the clubs in the morning for practicing.
Volley Ball and Basket BallAre other games very little practiced by the Australians, whereas in schools they prefer to practice Netball( especially girls). In Sydney, there are volleyball nets on the Beaches of Bondi & Manly; even so, the game doesn't attract a lot of attention, except during international championships.
SwimmingOn the other hand, is largely practiced and very popular. It is generally organized in Clubs (life saving and sports clubs), and the main important reason for its increase in popularity in the last years, is the world championships which Australians have won and several world records which have been broken.
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